Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: std climate: Am migrate: phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.5 ecozone: TN food: bpCi, biCv class:
MRE = 0.034 habitat: 0bFe gender: Dtfm order:
SMSE = 0.003 embryo: Tl reprod: O family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
ab 80 84.86 (0.06079) d age at birth Wiki
tp 2920 5024 (0.7205) d time since birth at puberty Wiki
am 1.533e+04 1.533e+04 (3.174e-05) d life span AnAge
Lb 24.5 24.65 (0.006233) cm total length at birth PereRang1995
Lp 150 150 (0.000119) cm total length at puberty Wiki
Li 250 247 (0.01209) cm ultimate total length for female Wiki
Lim 300 304.1 (0.01375) cm ultimate total length for male Wiki
Wwb 46.2 43.36 (0.06138) g wet weight at birth PereRang1995
Wwi 4.85e+04 4.36e+04 (0.101) g ultimate wet weight of female Wiki
Wwim 8.39e+04 8.354e+04 (0.004332) g ultimate wet weight of male Wiki
Ri 0.08219 0.08221 (0.0002611) #/d max reprod rate Wiki

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
tL time since birth total length (0.03979) PereRang1995
tW time since birth weight (0.1061) PereRang1995

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Crocodylus moreletii Unit Description
v 0.02 0.1466 cm/d energy conductance
kap 0.8 0.8021 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency
p_M 18 3.05 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.0001152 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
kap_G 0.8 0.7901 - growth efficiency
k 0.3 0.3001 - maintenance ratio

Discussion

  • Males are assumed to differ from females by {p_Am} only
  • tp of roughly 7 till 8 yr in ignored, because of inconsistence with tL and Lp data

Facts

  • temperature effects sex of neonate (Ref: ADW)
  • the only crocodile known to be exclusively mound nesting (Ref: ADW)

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